HINTING Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

hinting 1 of 2

adjective

as in implying

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hinting

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verb

present participle of hint

as in indicating

to convey an idea indirectly kept hinting that she wouldn't mind an invitation to spend the weekend at their beach house

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Recent Examples of hinting

Verb

The filmmaker was hinting heavily at what might be in store for the festival’s surprise screening Wednesday evening at the Institut Lumière. — Lise Pedersen, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026 With the midterms coming up and the administration hinting generally at more budget cuts in the past week, educators here want to spread the word. — Lauren Linder, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026 Over the last week, its official Instagram account has hosted a series of vignette teasers hinting to potential locations of the next stretch. — Thomas Smith, Billboard, 11 Sep. 2026 The performance underscores the capability of Nvidia's chips, with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang hinting that OpenAI will be using even more computing power from the company going forward. — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2026 The storyline will play out as OA is embedded into Anna’s operation, with Weiss hinting to the outlet that the rest of the team should be clued in sooner rather than later during season 9. — Emily Krauser, PEOPLE, 29 Aug. 2026 The lines between Olive and Adam start to blur as the trailer continues, hinting that these two might not be fake dating anymore. — Entertainment Weekly, 26 Aug. 2026 Your recourse at this point is talking directly to the supervisor rather than hinting about your displeasure. — R Eric Thomas, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2026 In one Instagram post, Gomez also shared a look at her fresh dark red hair, hinting that her character Mabel may undergo a major hair transformation this season. — Meg Walters, InStyle, 15 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hinting

Adjective

Who leaves, when, and how, is often interpreted, with a senior leader's early departure potentially shifting meeting energy or implying disapproval, while a junior's might be seen differently.

— Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
The article spends considerable time questioning the first while implying doubts about the second.

— Torie Bosch, STAT, 20 June 2026

Definition of implying

Verb

The president also defended the need to keep the state of emergency while also indicating his goal of ending it eventually.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
The wholesale price index for energy leapt more than 10% in September from August, indicating a significant increase in energy costs faced by manufacturers and other producers.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of indicating

Adjective

The effect dissipates somewhat whenever Cahyono resorts to less suggestive, more blatantly surreal imagery.

— Kambole Campbell, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
Though revealing, his version of naked dressing was tantalizingly suggestive rather than explicitly bare.

— Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of suggestive

Verb

Interestingly, there is no statistically detectable difference in offending rates before college, suggesting the future fraternity members weren’t always fundamentally different in their behavior.

— Jens Ludwig, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Musk went even further during the unveiling, suggesting engineers eventually want to reach half the speed of sound.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of suggesting

Adjective

Rather than viewing the insinuating and undeniably creepy Gacy as an inherent threat, Macmanus finds the tragedy in the disparate and desperate circumstances amid which Gacy might have represented an illusion of hope.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
In the process, the day-to-day nightmare of Dana’s new reality gets lost, even if the more insinuating discomfort of her present-day reality has been enhanced.

— Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Dec. 2022

Definition of insinuating

Adjective

Moncler was founded in 1952 in Monestier-de-Clermont, and the mountains are not only the brand’s physical birthplace, but are also symbolic of its goal to aim higher, Ruffini has often said.

— Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
To celebrate its centennial this year, the symbolic starting point of Route 66 was extended north and east to Navy Pier.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of symbolic

Adjective

Shoes also embraced a more playful and expressive spirit, with jewels, bows, flowers, bold prints and vibrant colors.

— Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
But animation is just so much more expressive, so much more information can be carried through color and line size and boldness and the kind of unreal physicality that nonetheless conveys real emotion.

— Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 13 Oct. 2026